Ronan's behaviour during his bout of sickness

Ronan is 6.5 months old. The weather is acting crazy these days.Itz winter time but it is hot in the afternoons and looks like it will rain as the sun gets hidden by the clouds which say "Yes, we are going to pour down."

Ronan, Richie and I started taking evening walks just to have some fresh air. One of the cousins developed cold and as all the children play together Richie and Ronan too were affected. I treated Richie with expectorant and he seemed fine again, Ronan's cold didn't show up much until one morning when he started coughing and whizzing a bit. We took him to the doctor who gave him a dose of medicines. We thought he will be all right by the next day. But to our utter dismay his whizzing worsened, so much so that he could not breath properly. He was crying and was looking so tired, that I could not see him suffering.

He used to sleep for 10 mins and then wake up feeling choked. That whole night was terrible, with me and my mom-in-law taking turns holding him throughout the night. I was just waiting for the morning sun so that we could get him some good treatment. The child specialist told us that he is suffering from mild bronchitis and should feel better in a day or two after the intial dose is complete.

Today is the 2nd day and yes, Ronan is feeling much better. He has become playful and is responding well to the medicines. But one thing I must say. Ronan is very naughty. He knows when I come to give him medicines. I guess he smells them. ;) He keeps his mouth shut tight and does karate to throw the spoon or dropper down. He really drove the hell out of me. I tried mixing the medicine with honey but it was a big NO NO. He was like, "Mama, we are too smart not to understand which is medicine and which is not". Today his dada thought he will give a try and guess what, dada was in for a surprise. Inspite of me too holding Ronan he was just not ready to co-operate. But at last we succeeded.;)

What are your thoughts/experiences in taking care of children when they are sick? Did you face any difficulty?

Could you share your techniques of handling your child's behaviour?

Ronan - 6 months milestones

Ronan is actually doing much more than we expected and pray that he progresses well.

Here are his 6 months achievements.

-Plays with his hands and feet

-Can roll over on his tummy and do mini-pushups.

-Turns toward sounds and voices

-Understands pa, ma, dada, mama and turns towards us.

-Recognizes his name and turns towards the person calling out his name.

-Squeals, gurgles, coos, blows bubbles

-Follows objects with eyes

-Can grasp a toy well and shake it up and down.

-Mouths objects.

-Passes objects from hand to hand

-Reaches out to objects in his vicinity.

-Loves to play with anything he gets his hand on, specially pa's newspaper.

-Likes to sit up balancing against pillows.

-Started eating solid food.

-Understands and gives handshake and hi-fi

-Shows stranger anxiety and cries if we are not around

-If someone approaches him with welcoming eyes and we are around he becomes a good friend after playing with them for sometime.

- Shouts and scolds ma, pa if he hungry and mama is not around. :)

Ronan is responding to his name

There are so many things which a child learns when he is growing up. One among them is responding when someone calls out their name. Ronan started recognizing his own name. He has just completed 5 months. Whenever Ma, Pa or we call out his name, he turns around and smiles.

He has this cute gummy smile and what makes it even more cute is that it looks crooked as his face is chubby.

Ronan's favourite pastime

When Ronan is in a playful mood, he loves to play with his hands and legs. Ma caught him putting both his legs in his mouth. He opens and clenches his fist and admires his lovely model like long nails (if we have forgotten to cut them).

He loves to makes noises and shouts loudly with happiness which can be heard far off in the kitchen too.

Another one of his favourite pastime is blowing raspberries/bubbles and making the sound "brooom, broom". When I imitate and join in his activity he smiles and does more. But I must say he is an expert at blowing bubbles. I am yet to succeed. ;)

Ronan and Dada share a special bond

Ronan and dada share a special bond. Ronan has a habit of getting up at the same time everyday.
He gets up and plays on his own. After sometime, when dada wakes up and says "hello" to him, he turns his face towards him and gives a broad smile. Then Ronan and dada share their stories with Ronan responding quite well in the conversation. He does "Ga, gee, goooo, wow, hiii" inorder to say he is understanding what dada says.

Dear Dada (who are reading this blog), do you also share such a special bond with your baby? Wouldn't you share your story with us too?

Ronan seeing the world from a different angle

Ronan has become playful and moves his hands and legs in the air. When kept on the bed, he tries to turn 180 degrees with his head in the position of his toes.

When kept on his tummy, Ronan can lift his head and balance himself well on his stomach. He loves it. He can see the world from a different angle now. He sees the trees and birds outside through the window. He enjoys the wind blowing and the leaves swaying.
I sing this song for him (tune of Una, Paloma, Blanca),

The wind is blowing,
The leaves are swaying,
Singing a sweet song specially for you.
You are my sweetheart, you are my darling,
And I cant stop loving you.

Tummy Time for Ronan

Ronan is trying to roll over on his tummy. He is 3 months old now. He turns his body half way but cannot lift his head completely to roll over, as he is on the heavier side. He turns on his side and then shouts angrily as he cannot roll over. I give him a little push and lo, he shouts with glee as he reached his mini-goal. :)
Then he does mini-pushups to strengthen his little shoulders. He tries to grab the toys around him with lot of puffing and panting to reach them.

3 months old baby - Mama, mama, what is this?

Kids nowadays are really smart. They also have a very good sixth sense. They start understanding the outside world at a very tender age. Ronan completed 3 months and he already wants mama to tell him what is happening around. When I take him in the garden, he looks at the plants, birds, the blue sky as if to ask "Mama, please tell me what is this?"

When we go for a walk, he looks at the cars, motorbikes, cycles, buses and wonders what sounds are those? I repeat "whrooommm, brooooomm" and he stares at me. He looks at the neighbours cats and dogs and when I say "The dog says, bow-wow", "The cat says, meow-meow" , he looks at me and smiles.

Yes, Ronan is growing up fast. You can feel the difference and know that you have a budding individual who wanna make a mark for himself in this world.

How is your baby growing up? Isn't he or she inquisitive about the world? Does she/he ask you questions?

Rattle Rattle Shake Shake Shake

Ronan is almost 3 months old. He can hold rattles well and shakes them when I say "shake, shake, shake". He stops, smiles and shakes it again. I guess he loves the sound of the rattle and wants to listen to it again and again. Rattle, rattle, shake shake shake.:)

Which month did your child achieve this milestone? Did you record it?

2.5 months old baby - milestones

Ronan is 2.5 months old and is growing well into a cute chubby baby. My elder son Richie was on the thinner side. I used to have lots of difficulties taking care of Richie. Richie used to cry a lot as he used to suffer from colic in the evenings. Maybe being a mother for a second time, it is different. You know how to handle stuff better and can do it easily.

Milestones:
Ronan is trying to recognize faces. He turns in the direction of my voice.
He has started laughing out loudly whenever he is tickled.
He also tries to imitate and laugh whenever someone laughs.
He tries to hold our hand and tell stories.

Ronan started cooing today.

It was a wonderful day today. We went for 7am mass. It was bit cold due to the misty dew. When we came back I changed Ronan and kept him in his pram to play. We were all having breakfast when Paa went to talk to him. He was asking him questions and Ronan started cooing back for the first time. It became louder and louder with Ronan smiling and throwing his hands and legs in the air as if to say "Lift me up Paa. I wanna play with you".

Ronan smiled for the first time

Ronan smiled for the first time today. He is almost 2 months old now. Yesterday, we had been to my moms place to pay them a visit. He was studying the new environment. He met lots of new people and wanted them to carry him. He thoroughly enjoyed himself. When we came back home he was completely a changed kid. He started responding and smiling back.

Birth of our second angel - How it all happened

Just the last week I had written that I am in my ninth month. And today I am already holding our dear lil one in my arms. He came 2 weeks before the due date. As I was saying, he/she doesn't follow any trend. He tries to take his own decisions.

Last Saturday, I started getting slight pain at 4am in the morning. I felt that maybe itz just that the baby was uncomfortable when I was sleeping and hence the pain. But then the pain started happening every 30 mins and I was feeling like running to the loo. From my last pregnancy experience I knew something big was coming up, but thought maybe itz a false alarm considering it was just 8.5 months. Then at 6.30am, I felt slight water coming out. I felt maybe thatz the signal. I woke up my hubby who was fast asleep and explained to him the situation. I had not packed my hospital bag thinking there is still time. So I hurried up doing it. The contractions had become regular by now.

As there was noises in the room, Richie woke up, though it was unusual for him to wake up so early. But he has a sixth sense. The moment we told "Mama's stomach is paining", he said "Mama, baby paining, going to doctor? Change my clothes". We were surprised. Without telling him he already knew what was about to come and he did not want to miss the adventure. ;)

I phoned the doctor and he told me to see him immediately as he was afraid the baby maybe in the breech as was shown in last week's report.

We hurried off to the hospital. After all the hospital formalities, I was admitted to the hospital. By now the contractions had become regular and strong.
Yes the baby was on itz way to meet us. After the water bag burst, I was taken to the labor room. Since it was my second delivery, it seemed a bit easier just as the doctor had mentioned. After some good efforts by the doctors and me, we got to hear the first cries of our baby who almost shook the hospital.

In all this, I forgot to mention what Richie was doing. When the contractions started, Richie was holding my hand as he could see mama in pain. Can you believe that? Since Dada had to step out for a little while, he was prompt in taking care of mama. Then I was taken to the labor room. When he heard the baby, he said "baby crying" and then happily and tired from all the activities, fell fast asleep.

Welcome home - Richie's younger brother

We are happy to announce the birth of our second baby. Welcome home my dear lil second angel. :) We are so happy to have you amidst us. Richie is all excited to have a lil brother to play with him.

Our Second Baby - 9th month of pregnancy

OMG. I am already in the ninth month of my second pregnancy and I have hardly written anything of my second baby. In fact time passed so fast that even I did not have a breather to realise that the 8 months have already flewn by.

Richie has joined school and I was working too so I hardly got time to update my blogs.

Now I am on maternity leave and feels good to be back writing my blog.

Baby is growing well and moving a lot in the night. Even last week baby's head was in the transverse position and the doctor seemed a bit concerned. Usually babies drop down in the head down position between 32-34 weeks. But my baby seem to think differently. ;) Maybe does not want to follow the same trend as others.:) Today I can feel my baby has dropped down in the head down position and can feel the arms touching my sides.

Though I am having problems sleeping in the night, it is worth the wait.

Oh, Itz almost a month for the second baby

Time flies and babies grow so fast. My second baby, Ronan completed 1 month already. Pheeeww, it was wonderful. ;) As an experienced mom, it did not take much effort to take care of the second one. But having 2 small kids is a different experience. And specially when they are close to their mom and both need attention at the same time. :)

Ronan is a demanding child. He wants attention all the time when he is awake. I have started playing music for him. But he needs people in his vicinity. Hope he changes as time passes by.